Specifications

Configuring a Network Domain
8-6 Configuring Network Domains
RBT-8200# set network-domain mode member seed-ip 192.168.9.254
success: change accepted.
YoucanconfiguremultipleseedsinaNetworkDomain.WhenmultipleNetworkDomainseeds
areconfigured,amemberconsultstheseedwithwhichithasthehighestconfiguredaffinity.
IfyouareconfiguringmultipleseedsinthesameNetworkDomain(forexample,aseedoneach
physicalsiteintheNetwork
Domain),youmustestablishapeerrelationshipamongtheseeds.See
thefollowingsection.
Specifying Network Domain Seed Peers
WhenmultipleRoamAboutSwitchesareconfiguredasseeddevicesinaNetworkDomain,they
establishapeerrelationshiptoshareinformationabouttheVLANsconfiguredonthemember
devices,sothatalloftheNetworkDomainseedpeershavethesamedatabaseofVLAN
information.Sharinginformationinthiswayprovides
redundancyincaseoneoftheseedpeers
becomesunavailable.
UsethefollowingcommandonaNetworkDomainseedtospecifyanotherseedasapeer:
RBT-8200# set network-domain peer ip-addr
Youenterthiscommandonallofthe seeddevicesintheNetworkDomain,specifyingeachseedto
everyotherseed,sothatalloftheNetworkDomainseedsareawareofeachother.
Example
ThefollowingcommandsetsthecurrentRoamAboutSwitchasapeeroftheNetworkDomain
seedwithIPaddress192.168.9.254:
RBT-8200# set network-domain peer 192.168.9.254
success: change accepted.
ThiscommandisvalidonNetworkDomainseedsonly.
Configuring Network Domain Members
InaNetworkDomain,atleastoneseeddevicemustbeawareofeachmemberdevice.Theseed
maintainsanactiveTCPconnectionwiththemember.ToconfigureaRoamAboutSwitchasa
memberofaNetworkDomain,youspecifyoneormoreNetworkDomainseedsforittouse.
If
youspecifymultipleNetworkDomainseeds,youcanalsospecifytheaffinitytheRoamAbout
Switchhasforeachseed.TheNetworkDomainmemberinitiallyattemptstoconnecttotheseed
withwhichithasthehighestaffinity.Ifthatseedisunavailable,thentheRoamAboutSwitch
attemptstoconnectto
theseedwithwhichithasthenext‐highestaffinity.Ifthememberconnects
toaseedwithwhichitdoesnothavethehighestconfiguredaffinity,thenitperiod icallyattempts
toconnecttoitshighest‐affinityseed.WhentheRoamAboutSwitchreconnectstothehighest‐
affinityseed,itscommunicationwith
thenext‐highest‐affinityseedstops.
UsethefollowingcommandtosetthecurrentRoamAboutSwitchasamemberofaNetwork
DomainwhereaspecifiedRoamAboutSwitchisaseed:
RBT-8200# set network-domain mode member seed-ip ip-addr [affinity num]